Dillon Beck, Dawn Chorus
Aerosol on Composite with Photographic Print, 27” x 27”
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The artist on the piece:
“Collaborative work with photographer Adam Elkins. Previously on display at 934 Gallery in Columbus, OH. Part of the "Walled Gardens" collection:
A collection of wall sculptures and painted photographs celebrating the concept of growth. Adam Elkins (photographer) and Dillon Beck (painter/muralist) are back with a collaborative series exploring growth, change, and the power of nature. Plants grow through the cracks; community gardens thrive in vacant lots; small-scale parks serve as a large-scale escape for many city dwellers and even as housing for some. Even in the city, surrounded by asphalt, cement, and manmade chaos, nature cradles, protects, and thrives.
The concept of a “walled garden” is prevalent in our modern lives: think city parks, conservatories, and even single-family homes in a literal sense; think modern operating systems, social media, and general design systems in a figurative sense. In software design, it can be a dangerous tool used to trap people in a loop and maximize advertising profits and targeting. However, in nature it can create a beautiful guided experience and protect the gardens from negative human and animal intervention. In our show, I’d like to think the concept is a positive mix of the two of those ideas. The painted surround represents the walls to the garden: everything outside of those walls is out of our control, but the walls contain something beautiful. The photograph is a portal to another world, a sacred spot in a garden, a snapshot of a moment in time. We can’t control the outside world, but we can create a vignette in which to escape.
A “Dawn Chorus” is the collective song of wild birds chirping early in the morning as the sun rises. I’d like to think that we humans have a dawn chorus of our own; footsteps on the sidewalk outside, dogs barking, cats meowing, cars idling, coffee brewing. In the end, they are both celebrations of a new day. That’s kind of what the series is all about; the unbreakable connections that we have with nature, even as we get further and further from it.
If nature can thrive in chaos, why shouldn’t we?"
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Dillon Beck, Dawn Chorus
Aerosol on Composite with Photographic Print, 27” x 27”
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The artist on the piece:
“Collaborative work with photographer Adam Elkins. Previously on display at 934 Gallery in Columbus, OH. Part of the "Walled Gardens" collection:
A collection of wall sculptures and painted photographs celebrating the concept of growth. Adam Elkins (photographer) and Dillon Beck (painter/muralist) are back with a collaborative series exploring growth, change, and the power of nature. Plants grow through the cracks; community gardens thrive in vacant lots; small-scale parks serve as a large-scale escape for many city dwellers and even as housing for some. Even in the city, surrounded by asphalt, cement, and manmade chaos, nature cradles, protects, and thrives.
The concept of a “walled garden” is prevalent in our modern lives: think city parks, conservatories, and even single-family homes in a literal sense; think modern operating systems, social media, and general design systems in a figurative sense. In software design, it can be a dangerous tool used to trap people in a loop and maximize advertising profits and targeting. However, in nature it can create a beautiful guided experience and protect the gardens from negative human and animal intervention. In our show, I’d like to think the concept is a positive mix of the two of those ideas. The painted surround represents the walls to the garden: everything outside of those walls is out of our control, but the walls contain something beautiful. The photograph is a portal to another world, a sacred spot in a garden, a snapshot of a moment in time. We can’t control the outside world, but we can create a vignette in which to escape.
A “Dawn Chorus” is the collective song of wild birds chirping early in the morning as the sun rises. I’d like to think that we humans have a dawn chorus of our own; footsteps on the sidewalk outside, dogs barking, cats meowing, cars idling, coffee brewing. In the end, they are both celebrations of a new day. That’s kind of what the series is all about; the unbreakable connections that we have with nature, even as we get further and further from it.
If nature can thrive in chaos, why shouldn’t we?"
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To display this piece in your space, click here to subscribe to enroll your wall then note this piece in the artwork request form.
Dillon Beck, Dawn Chorus
Aerosol on Composite with Photographic Print, 27” x 27”
•
The artist on the piece:
“Collaborative work with photographer Adam Elkins. Previously on display at 934 Gallery in Columbus, OH. Part of the "Walled Gardens" collection:
A collection of wall sculptures and painted photographs celebrating the concept of growth. Adam Elkins (photographer) and Dillon Beck (painter/muralist) are back with a collaborative series exploring growth, change, and the power of nature. Plants grow through the cracks; community gardens thrive in vacant lots; small-scale parks serve as a large-scale escape for many city dwellers and even as housing for some. Even in the city, surrounded by asphalt, cement, and manmade chaos, nature cradles, protects, and thrives.
The concept of a “walled garden” is prevalent in our modern lives: think city parks, conservatories, and even single-family homes in a literal sense; think modern operating systems, social media, and general design systems in a figurative sense. In software design, it can be a dangerous tool used to trap people in a loop and maximize advertising profits and targeting. However, in nature it can create a beautiful guided experience and protect the gardens from negative human and animal intervention. In our show, I’d like to think the concept is a positive mix of the two of those ideas. The painted surround represents the walls to the garden: everything outside of those walls is out of our control, but the walls contain something beautiful. The photograph is a portal to another world, a sacred spot in a garden, a snapshot of a moment in time. We can’t control the outside world, but we can create a vignette in which to escape.
A “Dawn Chorus” is the collective song of wild birds chirping early in the morning as the sun rises. I’d like to think that we humans have a dawn chorus of our own; footsteps on the sidewalk outside, dogs barking, cats meowing, cars idling, coffee brewing. In the end, they are both celebrations of a new day. That’s kind of what the series is all about; the unbreakable connections that we have with nature, even as we get further and further from it.
If nature can thrive in chaos, why shouldn’t we?"
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To display this piece in your space, click here to subscribe to enroll your wall then note this piece in the artwork request form.
Dillon Beck
“I’m is a contemporary artist, muralist, and designer based out of Columbus, Ohio. My work has always found its footing somewhere in the realm between analog and digital; between the real and the impossible. With a keen eye for detail and a vibrant imagination, I create mixed-media works that transport viewers to ethereal worlds - a place you’ve never been that somehow feels oddly familiar.”